Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026
Why the J-20’s Stealth and Missiles Threaten the Rafale
It was no dogfight that determined the Rafale's fate in South Asia's skies, but a battle waged well into the deep distance wherein radar footprints, missile kinesthetics, and electronic warfare constituted survival. In this context, China's Chengdu J-20 "Mighty Dragon" seems to have superior advantages over France's Dassault Rafale...
How China’s WS-15 Engine Ended the J-20’s Dependence on Russia
For over a decade, the Chengdu J-20 "Mighty Dragon" was both China's aerospace aspiration and its most obvious weakness. Designed to challenge the U.S. F-22 fifth-generation stealth fighter, it was handicapped by its Russian-made engines a vulnerability that Moscow leveraged to secure its own technological advantage. A switch to...
Inside Russia’s Kramatorsk Strike: The Technology Behind the Blow
Moscow's version of the attack around Kramatorsk that killed over 600 Ukrainian soldiers was no ordinary artillery assault but a choreographed display of Russia's maturing combined employment of aerial bombs, barrier munitions, ballistic missile attacks, and electronic warfare. The employment of FAB-500 glide bombs, Geran drones, and Iskander tactical...
